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The Gift Of Loving


Patricia Wilson - 1991
    Suddenly Lucy was strangely afraid she'd never be able to escape from the trap he had set--and the desire he aroused in her....

Living with Adam


Anne Mather - 1972
    The Adam she met in London now was a successful doctor--a sophisticated man of the world, who, after all, was not actually related to her.Loren Griffiths was another unexpected factor. She made it clear that Adam was hers and she'd deal ruthlessly with any competition.

Dangerous Masquerade


Janet Dailey - 1976
    Each of the fifty novels is set in a different state, researched by Janet and her husband, Bill. For the Daileys it was an odyssey of discovery. For you, it's the journey of a lifetime.

A Loving Arrangement


Diana Blayne - 1983
    Isis eagle eye had penetrated her disguise. Abby pulled the pins. Her platinum hair cascaded down her shoulders. She no longer blended with the woodwork-the perfect executive secretary to the irascible trial lawyer and lady's man, Greyson McCallum. But she was still a fugitive from the man who had betrayed her... the man who would arrive in Atlanta within hours. Her only alternative was to flee again or accept McCallum's outrageous offer She would pose as his live-in lover! He had offered his protection ... and forced her to see him in a dangerous new light. Was she merely exchanging one risky masquerade for another?

Old Enough to Know Better


Vicki Lewis Thompson - 2004
    Finally here's her chance to prove to her friends -- and herself -- that she's woman enough to entice a man and leave him drooling. After all, she's old enough to know what she wants -- and she wants Sam Ashton...badly.And Sam is more than willing to be wanted. The chemistry between them is powerful, explosive. Still, there's something vaguely familiar about Kasey, something Sam can't put his finger on -- although he's dying to get his hands all over her.... But he's not worried. He fully intends to enjoy uncovering all Kasey's secrets, one by one. But will the truth be too hot for him to handle?

Mistress of the Groom


Susan Napier - 1997
    She'd had to prevent her best friend from making the biggest mistake of her life... . Marrying Ryan Blair would have been disastrous. He was too rich, too powerful, too hot to handle!There was only one solution: to stand up in church and declare that she, Jane Sherwood, respectable businesswoman, was having a secret torrid affair with Ryan! It had worked. The wedding was finished. But now Ryan was determined to make Jane pay for his wrecked marriage - by making her his mistress for real!

Sarah's Child


Linda Howard - 1985
    And it robbed Sarah Harper of her best friend. In the two years since the tragedy, Sarah has wanted to reach out to Rome, but she knew she needed to stay away, guarding the secret she had kept from him and Diane all those years -- that she was in love with her best friend's husband. But now Rome needs her. And though another woman will hold his heart forever, Sarah agrees to be his wife, knowing that everything has a price, including love. Then something totally unexpected rekindles her hidden hope that a marriage of convenience will become a union of love. Will Rome keep fighting his own growing need for a woman who dares him to believe there are second chances in life... or will he give in to the healing power of love and miracles?

Dark Master


Charlotte Lamb - 1979
    It was true, so horribly true. She married Philippe on a wild impulse, to save herself from being humiliated by the man she thought she loved. And it was too late now to wish she had done otherwise.She was Philippe's wife, the Comtesse de Sorconne, mistress of his ancient castle in France.She was the recipient of everything Phillippe's wealth and passion could give her. Everything, Alex thought bitterly, but his love.

Marriage of Inconvenience


Debbie Macomber - 1992
    And he loved her--strictly as a friend. But all that changed the day Jamie asked him to be the father of her as-yet-unconceived child! Rich agreed on one condition: they marry.Suddenly, Rich was discovering a side of Jamie he'd never seen before, and was swept away by a passion sweeter than anything he'd ever known ... a passion that stunned his senses. But could he prove to the headstrong Mrs. Manning that it was time to let the world in on their secret--that their love was truly here to stay?

22 Indigo Place


Sandra Brown - 1986
    What gave this man the devastating power to seduce her senses, to make her shiver with emotions she dared not confess? In his mind she'd always been the girl he couldn't have, the rich man's daughter for whom he'd never be good enough...until that moonlit night when the fierce touch of his lips branded her forever his...

The Dimitrakos Proposition


Lynne Graham - 2013
    The last thing she expects is his outrageous marriage proposal! She has no choice but to say yes, even if the arrogant tycoon can't stop looking down his nose at her for one minute! Tabby can see that there is more to this proposition and this devastatingly handsome man than meets the eye. But as the thin veil between truth and lies is lifted, will this marriage become more than in name only?

Devil and the Deep Sea


Sara Craven - 1988
    What price would you ask?"Samma supposed that any other woman would surely slap the face of a man who would pose such a question. But Samma couldn't afford that luxury with Roche Delacroix.With her stepfather ready to sell her "favors" to clear his gambling debts, Roche represented Samma's only avenue of escape from an unthinkable future on Cristoforo Island.Only a few hours earlier, the lips that opened the suggestive negotiation had made Samma so thoroughly aware of being female. Samma couldn't help feeling that life was doubly unfair.

Except My Love


Mary Burchell - 1937
    She knew that for Oliver Leyne it was merely one of convenience,that he would never have considered her had he not lost the woman he really loved. All the same, Erica did love him, and she couldn't help hoping that with time and patience her marriage might turn into something deeper and more satisfying than a business arrangement. But Erica had managed to conceal from Oliver the fact that just before the wedding his old love had come back and tried to get in touch with him. Would he ever forgive her if he discovered how she had deceived him?

The Passionate Sinner


Violet Winspear - 1977
    hoping that Paul van Setan wouldn't realize she was the person he had cause to hate.What would she do with the hate if she suddenly found herself at the mercy of it, deadly in Paul's blind eyes. Sang harimau, the natives called him -- king tiger.She remembered his question: "Does the word vengeance really appall you, Miss Lakeside?"

Vows of the Heart


Susan Fox - 1986
    Emotionally shattered.So she returned to the one place she had ever felt secure --Chapman Ranch, in the heart of Wyoming--only to find that everything had changed. Cole Chapman was in charge now!To Cole, Veronica was still the undisciplined child of the woman who'd left his father. Veronica vowed to prove Cole wrong, never dreaming that an adolescent crush would suddenly turn to love.